will weigh the evidence carefully before making a decision. But, in whipping up his supporters, moving closer to QAnon, and claiming that the American people wouldn’t stand for an indictment, Trump is reminding Attorney General Merrick Garland and his colleagues that the stakes are very high. And that, even if some of the candidates he has endorsed in the midterms are lagging in the polls, and even though there reportedly were many empty seats at his Youngstown rally, he still has a mass movement that is fanatically loyal to him, and which has already demonstrated, on January 6, 2021, that it contains elements willing to resort to violence on his behalf. He doesn’t have to say all this out loud. It is self-evident.
Garland has repeatedly stated that no one is above the law, a message that he reaffirmed in a speech over the weekend at a naturalization ceremony on Ellis Island, where he added that the rule of law “is fragile, it demands constant effort and vigilance.” In the coming months, Trump, his desperation growing, will likely seek to test the system to the point of breakage, just as he did after November, 2020.
